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  Tourism | 10/9/2024

  The Ministry of Industry and Tourism leads, together with the Autonomous Communities, City Halls and social agents, a declaration of support for responsible tourism

  Minister Jordi Hereu chairs the meeting of the Spanish Tourism Council (CONESTUR), where new advances have been made to strengthen the Sustainable Tourism Strategy 2030. Hereu underlines the importance of dialogue and consensus to transform the sector, to place people at its very centre as well as to consolidate tourism as an engine of economic development. CONESTUR is an advisory and consultative body formed by the public sector (central, regional and local government) and the private sector (CEOE, Chambers of Commerce and union organisations) that met for the last time in October 2022.

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  Industry | 10/9/2024

  Hereu announces €25.5 million in aid for the electro-intensive industry.

  This aid helps offset costs related to supporting renewable energy and efficient energy production, as well as covering additional expenses in island and other non-mainland territories. This contribution complements other aid for the electro-intensive industry, including over €900 million in CO2 emissions compensation provided by this Government since 2019.

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  Industry | 10/8/2024

  Hereu announces the granting of €133 M to Stellantis Figueruelas within the third call of the PERTE VEC

  With the aid that was announced today, the Stellantis Group has received nearly 300 million euros, more than 272 million euros in subsidies and 26 million euros in loans. The resolution, which will be published in the next few days, includes other aid; 2 million euros to Stellantis Vigo; 3 million euros for Mahle Behr Spain of Tarragona; and 2.5 million euros for Ficosa of Barcelona. The Ministry of Industry and Tourism has increased the subsidy for the PowerCo gigafactory in Sagunto, which is aiming to improve its project, and which now rises from 98 million euros to 152 million.

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  Industry | 10/7/2024

  The Ministry of Industry approves 14 new projects under line 1 of the PERTE for industrial decarbonisation, worth €96.3 M

  The minister Jordi Hereu made the announcement today at a forum on new economy in the Zona Franca special economic zone in Barcelona.Including the funds announced today, the Ministry of Industry has now awarded 323 million in aid from the PERTE for industrial decarbonisation, counting both provisional and definitive resolutions.BarcelonaNew Economy Week is a forum that brings together actors and businesses in the fields of digital industry, mobility or sustainability under the umbrella of the so-called New Economy.

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  Industry | 10/4/2024

  Hereu stresses the impetus of the Ministry for Innovation and Entrepreneurship as driving forces behind industrial transformation

  The Minister of Industry and Tourism valued the importance of PERTEs as an instrument to support new products and public corporations such as ENISA, which is behind various lines of credit for SMEs and certifies new startups. The minister recalled that this week the EOI has opened the application period for the first national edition of aid for the ‘Activa Startup’ programme assigned with a budget of around €7 million for grants of up to €9,500. At an event on SMEs held yesterday at the EOI headquarters, the president of the Government announced that the executive will allocate €4.5 billion in subsidies and nearly €50 billion in loans from the Recovery Plan.